* Astronomy

The 3 - 7 metre wide asteroid 2013 WH25 made a close pass (0.4 lunar distances, 0.0009 AU), travelling at 20.89 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 29th November, 2013 @ 00:52 UT ±00:02. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU...

The San Pedro Jacuaro (LL6) meteorite fell in Michoacan, Mexico, on the 1st December 1968. A total mass of 460 g was recovered. 19° 46'N, 100° 39'W

NGC 1668 (also ESO 251-30, MCG -7-10-23, AM 0444-444, and PGC 15957) is a magnitude +12.8 lenticular galaxy located ~457 million light-years away in the constellation Caelum. The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at...

Orbital elements: 2009 HD82 Earth MOID = 0.0810 AU Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 MPC M 334.23781 (2000.0) P Q n 0.70198370 Peri. 147.76207 +0.93412636 +0.35638144 a 1.2538667 Node 191.41238 -0.34518145 +0.88765921 e 0.4771463 Incl. 5.80268 -0.09087190 +0.29163914 P 1.40 H 21.4 G 0.15 U 8...

The 36 - 80 metre wide asteroid 2013 WZ43 made a close pass (37.2 lunar distances, 0.0955 AU), travelling at 8.73 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 29th November, 2013 @ 02:51 UT ±02:59. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.0025...

The Chervettaz (L5) meteorite fell in Fribourg, Switzerland, on the 30th November, 1901. A total mass of 705 g was recovered. 46° 33'N, 6° 49'E

The Shalka (Diogenite) meteorite fell in West Bengal, India, on the 30th November, 1850. A total mass of 4 kg was recovered. 23° 6'N, 87° 18'E

The Myhee Caunta (OC) meteorite fell in Gujarat, India, on the 30th November, 1842. An unknown total mass was recovered. 23° 3'N, 72° 38'E

The Futtehpur (L6) meteorite fell in Uttar Pradesh, India, on the 30th November, 1822. A total mass of 4 kg was recovered. 25° 57'N, 80° 49'E

NGC 185 (also PGC 2329, UGC 396, MCG 8-2-10, GWT 550,9, IRAS00362 4803 and Caldwell 18) is a magnitude +9.3 elliptical galaxy located 2.05 ±0.13 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 in...

NGC 1892 (also ESO 85-61, IRAS05169-6500 and PGC 17042) is a magnitude +12.1 edge-on spiral galaxy located 62.8 million light-years away in the constellation Dorado. The galaxy was discovered by John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Feldhausen, Claremont, C...

NGC 2082 (also ESO 86-21, IRAS05415-6419 and PGC 17609) is a magnitude +11.8 face-on barred spiral galaxy located 60 million light-years away in the constellation Dorado. The galaxy was discovered by John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Feldhausen, Claremo...

NGC 2305 (also ESO 87-44, AM 0648-641 and PGC 19641) is a magnitude +11.8 elliptical galaxy located 160.8 million light-years away in the constellation Volans. The galaxy was discovered by John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Tow...

NGC 2307 (also ESO 87-45, AM 0648-641, IRAS06485-6416 and PGC 19648) is a magnitude +12.3 face-on barred spiral galaxy located 209 million light-years away in the constellation Volans. The galaxy was discovered by John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Feldha...

Sylacauga residents old enough to remember a famous meteorite strike there 52 years ago may understand why Decatur-area residents were so curious about a lime-green object streaking across the ni...